S'Mother
The Story of a Man, His Mom, and the Thousands of Altogether Insane Letters She's Mailed Him

If you thought your mother was crazy, meet Adam's mother. She singlehandedly undid all the hard work of generations of Jewish women who wanted to erase the sterotype of an overbearing, smothering Jewish mother. Adam spent most of his life trying to run away from her, but where she couldn't reach him......more

I had hoped this would be a funny yet warm reflection on a wildly strange mother-son dynamic, and it starts out that way. It's not a long book, but after a while, some of the jokes begin to take a mean-spirited edge. Since Adam's mother agreed to voice the audiobook with her son, it's easy to think......more

This was meant to be a light and funny book made up of "crazy" letters received over the years by a man's mother. I listened to the audio version which actually helped the book as he had his mother read her letters and Adam read the portions that were describing his life and his reactions to the let......more